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Washed Out

American musician (born 1982)

Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr., better known by the stage name Washed Out, is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is commonly associated with the genres of bedroom pop, chillwave, dream pop, and synth-pop.

His 2009 breakout song "Feel It All Around" is generally regarded as the definitive chillwave track that set the template for the genre, leading Pitchfork to dub him the "Godfather of Chillwave".

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Washed Out

what: one person
from: Perry
born: 1982
on the air here: 0 songs
still after: 2 songs

File card: Washed Out

real name: Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr.

labels: Sub Pop

genres: synth-pop

plays: voice

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Early life

Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr. was born in Perry, Georgia, on October 3, 1982. After earning an undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia, he obtained an MLIS but was unable to find a job as a librarian. He moved back in with his parents and started producing songs in his bedroom studio, as well as working on dance music with local band Bedroom.

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Career

Throughout 2008, Greene recorded lo-fi rock music under the stage name Lee Weather, but found more success in 2009 under the new stage name Washed Out. He was soon discovered by a number of influential music bloggers after they found his music on his Myspace page. His first recordings have been described as "drowsy, distorted, dance pop-influenced tracks that brought to mind Neon Indian and Memory Tapes".

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Musical style

Greene's style has been identified with the chillwave movement. Sade's music and fashion sense are a big influence for Greene. He has said hip hop influences the way he writes songs. Pitchfork Media said that Greene "makes bedroom synthpop that sounds blurred and woozily evocative, like someone smeared Vaseline all over an early OMD demo tape, then stayed up all night trying to recreate what they heard."

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Stage name of the American Georgia-native electronic musician Ernest Greene, whose specialty is chillwave. Also known as: Washedout From Discogs (free to use). Their entry